八年级上>Module 6 Animals in danger.>Unit 2 The WWF is working hard to save them all.

Module6Unit2 The WWF is working hard to save them
Name _______ Class _______
Words:
government : n. ['ɡ v nm nt]政府
research:n. [r 's t ]研究careful study ，especially in order to discover new facts or information
Step1：Watch a video and answer
What is the animal
What happened to them
Step2： What do you know about pandas
Step3：Read and match (Activity2)
Students read fast and then match the headings with the paragraphs.
Step4：Read for information-Read and answer
How many pandas are there in the wild now
________________________________________
Why is the situation getting very difficult
Reason1__________________________________________
Reason2_____________________________________________
Step5： Read for understanding-Read and complete the sentences
The scientists are doing a lot of research _________________________________.
The government is setting up nature parks____________________________________.
The WWF chose the panda ___________
The WWF is working hard ____________.
Step6： Imitate and Read loudly
Step7： Research table for pandas
Habitat（栖息地）
Food
Amount（数量）
Situation
Reasons
Solution（解决方法）
Step8：Fill in the blanks with the words given.（3-5’）
baby save in order to government in the wild symbol scientists live in peace Southwest eat set up
Pandas are one of the animals most in danger. They live in the mountains and forests of ________ China. Only 1600 pandas are ________ now. The situation is getting very difficult. There are several reasons for it. First, pandas don’t have many babies and ______ pandas often die. Second, pandas live on bamboo, but the bamboo forests are getting smaller, so they don’t have enough food______ and enough places to live in .Luckily, people are all worried about them and want ______ them. _______ produce more babies, the __________ do a lot of research. What’s more, the government is also making plans to protect them, such as ________ nature parks and feeding them more. The WWF also chose the panda as the _________ for all animals in danger. Although there is a long way to go, we are trying harder to help them and we all hope ___________ with animals in the future.
Step9：Discuss –As students, what can we do to save endangered animals
Clothing: Don’t wear the clothes made by their fur to save them.
Food:____________________________
Housing:____________________________
Transportation: _____________________________
People’s activities:（friends around you）_______________________
(the society)______________________________
These sentences should use “to +V原“ to express the purpose
Step10：Let’s share –A song rewritten by the teacher with the old rhythm
When I was a little girl
I asked my mother
What can I do to save endangered animals
Here is what she said to me
To protect environment should comes first.
That’s also to protect ourselves.
Cause the future is not ours to see
When I was a student
I asked my teacher
What can I do for the environment
Here is what she said to me
Little everyday activities make great differences
Take action now
Just keep going like this
Turn off the water tap to save water
Don’t use plastic bags while shopping to save nature resources
Save money to help build more nature parks
Stop eating the meat by endangered animals to help them live in peace
Make less pollution to give them more places to live in
Then I began to know
Little everyday efforts make great changes in life.
Step11：Homework
Write a leaflet(宣传单) to protect animals.
1）choose one of the animals in danger, not the panda.
2) list their living situations(生活现状）and the reasons to cause the problem.
3) What can we do to save them
2.Find more information about animals in danger on the Internet, movies, newspapers or magazines.
3. You can use some pictures or draw something important or useful to make your leaflet vivid. Show it out in the next class.
4. The information below may help you:
How many
where
What is it like
food on ,feeedon )
situation
why
Name: The blue whale
Reason: people’s killing / no clean water
Problem: 1,300 left in the world
Name: The Asian elephant
Reason: people’s killing
Problem: 35,000 left in the world
Name: The northeast tiger
Reason: people’s killing / less land
Problem: 1,500 left in the world